This 1960s dress was OBSCENE 😱 So I fixed it
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
- This 1960s crochet dress turned out a lot more revealing than I expected. So I made a matching slip from a vintage sewing pattern to complete the look.
Chapters:
The Crochet Dress: 00:00-03:32
Making the Slip: 03:32-12:09
Things Go Wrong: 12:09-13:20
Fixing My Mistakes: 13:20-19:43
Modesty Restored: 19:43-22:01
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I crocheted a dress in the 70s when I was about 14. It was awesome, really fashionable 😆 but it wasn’t as holey . And I wore a slip under it. It was lilac. Sadly, when my brother got married, his bride was encouraged (forced) to wear a wedding dress crocheted by her granny. That was in 1980, when it wasn’t fashionable. It was also mid summer, so really hot. They’re still married so it wasn’t all that bad I guess.
What a story! 🤣
Omg I know someone who got married in a crocheted dress....in like 1998. I think her aunt had made it for her. I don't know if it was a forced or desired look. 😂 However, she looked like a vintage toilet paper cover doll. It was made with something at least DK weight and it stretched throughout the day. I laughed about it because I didn't like her.....that's a long story. 😂
@@MrsBrit1 OMG, my Nan used to make those dolls from plastic bread bags. She also made me sweater vests from crocheted granny squares.
I crocheted a pair of shorts and matching bra top - single and half double crochet, three colors. Got a million compliments, but refused to ever do it again.
some 25 years ago I was walking past a charity shop I'd never seen before, and never saw again, and decided to go in and have a look. One of the things I found was a black kneelength crochet dress (cotton) and I decided to try it on just for a laugh (not a fan of crochet clothes) to find it fit me perfectly which was a shock (as nothing ever does) so I bought it.
For the next 10 years it was my very versatile little black dress that I modded for any occation by using a black slip/pink slip/lavender slip - you get the idea. When I moved to Mexico I decided it was time to let it go and find a new home (as it is faaaar too hot to wear in this climate), but I've never forgotten it, and, truth be told, I've regretted ever since. I hope it's new owner loved it as much as I did.
My mum desperately wanted a crochet dress like that as a teen, but couldn't afford one, so her granny offered to make her one. Well, her granny was born in the 1890's, and so completely agreed with you that crochet dresses were obscene, except her solution was to make it with a really really tight crochet pattern to make sure it didn't have any holes in it 🤣. My mum was still disappointed 40 years later.
There's a trick to making crocheted clothing - use a smaller size yarn and a larger hook size to make make the fabric more flowy .
Thanks for the tip I'll remember that next time!
I second this piece of advice. My aunt made me crocheted dresses when I was a child. She used fine yarn.
@@sophie1301 Mine too - i have so many childhood dresses that were all crochet!
This is good to know because so far I've disliked anything I've crocheted with aran weight yarn, especially if it's acrylic; lumpy, itchy, and miserable feeling when worn. I've taken to knitting apparel, but as I still enjoy crochet, I'll try this next time I take on a project in crochet.
Yes, and the type of yarn makes a huge difference. I’m making a sweater now with a lightweight bamboo/cotton blend and it’s so soft!
When I was a young mum in the 60’s, I crocheted a pink mini dress and decorated it with overlarge pink sequins. Looking back it was almost indecent. I always wore tights in those days so wore it a lot for family parties. 😱 I loved it and had a photo taken with my baby daughter on my lap. I cringe now but it was perfectly normal in those day. Happy times. 😂
Very cute on you! You are correct about putting a slip under. We always wore slips or petticoats under our dresses in the 60’s. Gogo boots would be perfect with this. Or green fishnet hose. Plus a matching crochet hat.😀
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Actually, the color is perfect for the retro 60's look. It turned out beautifully! If you do have a 60's dress party may I suggest bright stockings, ie: pink or psychedelic (multi colored) as we used to say back then. Also a a light colored flat pointy shoe. Huge earrings, pink of course, bright pink lipstick, dramatic eyeliner (cat eyes) and a huge ring on one hand. Haha!!🙂 That would really make it pop!!! My other thought about the dress itself, is that it was too long. I think 2-3 ok inches above the knee was standard back then. Thanks for making this. I appreciate it a great deal.
I totally remember wearing crochet dresses in the 60's when I was a kid! Yours turned out so groovy!
As a newbie, it’s weirdly comforting for me to see an experienced sewist like yourself make mistakes like pinning things the wrong way, which I do *often*. Thanks for sharing those foibles. ❤️
Oh yes, I've been sewing for 14 years now and I still do things like sew the sleeves into the neck opening 😂
As n oldie, I still make mistakes, and am grateful when a vid is posted without the "just do this, and everything will be perfect." I have many plastic bins of projects gone wrong waiting for renewed inspiration.
I came here from your paint by numbers video! Already watched this when it came out but I'm going to watch it again.
i inherited a book of knitting patterns from the very early eighties that is "lace" made from mohair which creates a look that crosses star wars and excalibur by way of a fish net, almost every pattern is sheer or full of holes and worn, in the book, with giant granny panties, there is a "sexy" mesh of a dress and one jumper that's only decent because it's gathered at top and bottom and the fabric gathers hides a lot, sometimes all you can do is look at the thing you've created and laugh because it seemed like such a good idea at the time
I wonder if adding fuchsia ribbon as a 'belt' at the underbust line of the crochet dress might help stabilize the dress a bit and anchor it to the body at that point. Maybe adding another ribbon in the holes nearest the neckline to essentially gather then slightly would also resolve some of the fit issues in that area. You could also add ribbon at the sleeves and hem to coordinate it all together and make it look more intentional. The 'lumpy' nature of the fabric is due to it being in that weird penumbra between floopy and stiff, so you might as well make the dress more stiff. You can't make it more floopy.
With a little bow at the front yes very 60s
Great idea
Great idea.
I'm also not a fan of crocheted garments, but this turned out very cute. You're ready for a 60s theme party now!
I love that you try new things and take us along.
18:01 To save fabric and/or time you can cut the binding on grain if the area you are binding is straight or close to it. Bias cut binding is great for curves but can take up a lot of fabric and require a lot of piecing if make from scaps. I have even cut off grain but not true bias pieces when in a pinch to get enough length and with for my binding piece and it came out fine.
Sometimes done is better than perfect 🥰 That is up there with my wife's favourite "better is the enemy of good " Thanks for showing that we all err, even the experienced. Absolutely love you channel, attitude and sense of humour 👏
That is really cute on you! How about really bright tights...chartreuse, yellow, orange...and white boots? And a beret? And pink lipstick! :) Or over a black turtleneck in the winter? Solves the neckline flashing potential! Fun project!
Brilliant idea! I'd be a psychedelic groovy chic for sure 😁
I ADORE THE FINISHED RESULT!!!! I really do!!! have a hot pink crochet dress, made by my nan, that I wore for my formal baby portrait - when i was 3 yras old. It was 1971. I still have this dress to this day - and so i can honestly say that colour is historically accurate! All my baby clothes then were either knits or crochet. One nan knitted and the other preferred crochet, and was crochet-ing till the day she died at age 91. SO i have abig baby pictore of me just on 3 yrs old in this bright pink crochet dress. The bodice is tightly done, but the skirt of the dress is flared lace. So sweet! and it has draw string on the waist with pom poms at its ends!
How cute!
I'm a crochet designer and I don't like how some crochet stitches look in garments, so I use other stitch patterns to change the look. I've just designed a cable hoodie that I'll be releasing the pattern for soon
I think my limited crochet skills are definitely holding me back from finding designs I like 💚
@@RetroClaude that's why I've just designed the hoodie. I couldn't find what I liked or wanted, so did it myself. I can't do that with knitting tho. I have to follow knitting patterns. I just wish the knitting patterns didn't assume you knew what the abbreviations mean, in particular vintage patterns. I'm self taught at knitting and struggle to understand patterns sometimes
Back in the day, I made a sky blue crocheted poncho. It was made of a super soft yarn in granny squares. It had a pull tie at the top to sinch it in and fringe on the bottom. It was my all time favorite garmet, so soft and flowy, it's all about the yarn you start with. Thanks for the memories 💜
The poncho sounds amazing! 💚
I knew that dress was going to look SMASHING on you! I'm a crocheter myself, but agree about the clothes in a lot of cases. I like to make smaller projects and home goods, generally. I think if you use some of the softer/finer yarns and specialty stitches you could make a beautiful garment that doesn't have that "granny square" look. Anyway, LOVE IT!
I love it! It might make a really cute swimsuit cover Up.
Now that is a great idea! I can wear my knitted bikini underneath!
Just hope you don't get sunburned through it 😬 One girl in my ballet class got burned through fishnet stockings. It was...a look.
The dress looks really nice on you. Your description of the experience is priceless. 🙂
Oh, binding the edges of the zipper if you can't encase them in the seam itself is genius, thanks for the tip!
Also I think you do look lovely in that dress, but I understand the neckline struggle haha
Love everything about this video - the dress colour and pattern, the slip construction process, the music in the background! I recently gave away my only crochet dress, similarly scandalous to this one (although not so wonderfully PINK!), and now I kinda regret it...
I totally hear your complaints with how wide the neckline ended up being and how the yarn, once crocheted, didn't drape well, but I still think it came out super cute and looks really good on you!
Love me a good bell sleeve too.
It's like having wings but less useful 😂
I think it’s really pretty, despite the issues you had. At least you got to rediscover the wonders of bell sleeves!
Amazing, how well the dress and lining turned out. I understand how crocheted fabric has a boxy cardboard feel. I made my first crocheted sweater, and that's how it felt. However, I didn't stop there. I crocheted the most comfy, soft, and flowy pullover ever. So, I have realized that a crocheted item has to start with the perfect yarn and go up a hook size. All is possible. That said, I usually knit a pullover.
My mother used to crochet skirt and dresses for us and you always wore a slip under them and sometimes she built them in in a similar color...very stylish and comfortable.
Wow you are amazing . I could never do that sewing. Glad you survived COVID and that I did too.
It's really cute! Running some elastic thread through the neckline would help to cinch it in and keep it from gaping.
I would go with matching lipstick because I'm dramatic like that.
Vintage/antique crochet is my passion. Love the dress.
Pro tip 🤗 use a hook a couple sizes up from what the ball band says to use & you'll get a more flowing & drape fabric for crocheting clothes ☺️ love the color btw 😁
Thank you! That makes a lot of sense 😊
@@RetroClaude you're welcome 😁 another pro tip for ya 🤗 single crochet & slip sts are usually tighter then the rest so using a half or a whole hook size bigger then for a double crochet, that'll help keep you're project nice & flowy 😁 so sometimes I use 2 hook sizes for a garment project 🤗
So I had to go back and watch this video again after watching your paint by numbers video, love the solution of the slip, but I know crochet garments won't be my cup of tea. I have tried to crochet a couple of summer tops, but they have been frogged as I didn't enjoy the stiffnes of the fabric. Love the knitted jackets you are wearing in this video! The green one looks like a fun knit do do.
You look quite lovely in this dress despite not liking crochet clothing. I would shorten the hem to fall a couple of inches above your knees. I was a knitter, but my cousin crocheted and she guided me through an aqua crochet dress with a lacy pattern that required a slip. The dress was quite easy and quick to make and a favorite of mine. I still have that dress but it’s no longer my present size. Loved your video ❤.
that actually looks really good on you! the slip is really nice.
As a teenager from the 60's I would have loved the crochet dress and the pink yarn was absolutely perfect 🥰 Now in my 70's I still crochet sweaters, knee high socks and lots of blankets 🥰 I'm going to try and find the crochet dress pattern, so I can make it 😍 I still have that exact dress pattern 😂
My mother wore a similar crochet top in the late 60s/early 70s with absolutely nothing underneath. I was very young so hadn't really noticed this, but do remember that she attracted a lot of attention going through border crossing from Mexico back into the United States.
As you may know, clothing in the 60s was generally far more stiff and structured than it is now.
Lol I love everything about this dress. However I have been told on multiple occasions my taste is quite eccentric. 😋
That dress is perfection!
I 💗💗💗 it!!!
I've added crocheted sleeves to knit or sewn tops - best of both worlds 💜
Your hair and make up in the reveal is gorgeous!
I so agree with you on crochet clothes, thats part of why I usually knit aswell.
I thought of a name for your new Bernina sewing machine.. sew-fee- a Sophia lol
How cute!!
I know you said it’s lumpy but you seem very graceful in it 🌺
I admire your perseverance! Turned out great.
I totally agree with you on crochet fabric! It's so stiff and lumpy. It's good for homewares and toys, and novelty baby hats, but it feels like wearing a shirt made of heavy cord fishing nets!
That's such a good comparison!
I learned to crochet first, and like you, I didn't like the way they looked, end result-wise. And I would see knit garments that had that beautiful finished look I wanted. So, I self-taught how to knit, and as I'm watching this, I'm in the middle of my second knit sweater. I never imagined I'd say I LOVE knitting over crochet.
I'm thankful I know to crochet, and there are things I choose to crochet, over knit, so really I'm thankful to know both.
I'm thankful to know both too. I don't think I'd ever want to knit a bedspread!
That green top is perfect.
I don't usually crochet clothes either. I imagine the dress you made to go under your crochet dress was probably made by several women back in the 60s too. Your fabric was a fabulous match. You might be able to sew some sort of hem tape to the inside of the collar of the crochet dress to keep it from stretching out. The two-piece outfit is fun. Great job!
It looks fab! And should be cosy in winter. 💖
What a great video, this had me smiling a lot. It bought back memories of a crochet dress that I was looking forward to wearing in spring/summer of 1969 as it was being made for me by a work colleague. I never got around to wearing it as halfway through I found that I was expecting my first baby. It ended up being put away for another day which incidentally never came. I think that it eventually was donated to a charity shop. Happy days and happy memories. 😂
My mum made that pattern for my elder sisters when a was little. She lined everything in cotton from the fabric stall on the local market. I thought they were the best dresses ever,so with left over wool I got a striped version lined with a warn cotton sheet 😂😂🤗😘
It's relaxing to watch you sew, I can see how much you love this craft 😊
As far as it goes, it is actually really a cute outfit. I understand your discomfort but on the right person this would be adorable. Still, I am with you in the "no thanks" for myself category. But you did get to learn some things about patterns you might enjoy in future, including maybe a top with a crocheted yoke and bell sleeves? :)
It is very cute! Well done!
Gorgeous! Great job🤗
OMG!! I LOVE IT!!! So cute! YES! Love Bell sleeves! Dress style is so flattering! LOVE IT!
I also prefer the look of knit garments, but I can appreciate that crochet is having it’s glory day in the hot sun at the moment. I’ve literally only used crochet for blankets & throws, but I’ve been bombarded with crochet garments at big box retailers and on instagram. I have even a granny stripe cardigan that I am sorely tempted to try, but that will be a scrappy project since crochet tends to eat up yarn so fast.
That is one good thing about granny squares. Good for scraps! 💚
Hi Claude
About to start on an adjustment of one of my new favorite dresses
I totally agree with your thoughts on crochet versus knitting. I know how to crochet but I just like the looks and feel of a knit item better.
Such a fun dress and you look so cool in it. Much cooler than you imagine.
I learned to always try on my pattern. No exact of course, but in the ballpark.
As a teen in the 60s I was tempted to make one of these dresses but was short of the dosh. One of my friends did make one and lined it, fully! Governed pattern was a shade more modist modelled by twiggy I think.
Governed! I typed Her. Predictive text strikes again!!!!!
@@jacquelinepaddock7535 LOL "Her" becomes "Governed" of course 🤣. Also enjoyed learning a new word - "dosh". Is that British slang?
Dosh - London slang for money of the same era as the instructions used for the dress.
@@jacquelinepaddock7535 😁 Fun! Thanks for the answer!
I love this dress! And it suits you very much. 🙂
When I steam iron the crochet fabric slightly, it gets a bit more flowy and it makes such a difference!
I think it looks great on you Claude, job well done!
It's adorable! Well done you!
Love that green cardigan!
That is a very pretty dress. I'm a crochet collector. Constantly on the lookout for crochet, open cut work embroidery, juiper and the like . crochet and those afore mentioned are works of art. There is yarn crochet, thread crochet that is thin, but the yarn is thicker (great for winter projects).
You can always add lace along the bottom for coverage. Super cute!😊
Good job, young lady! Thank you for this video!
Ooh I love crochet sometimes. It makes such nice squishy items. I've never used it for a dress though, I do love how yours came out
oh i love the vibrant color choice, I really wish I owned this dress right now
wow!! i love the finished ensemble--it's just gorgeous and very becoming! :)
Crochet can be as drapy as knit. You need to use soft and thin yarn and the right sized hook. Usually, people use thick yarn, thick hooks and crochet too tightly = a recipe for desaster.
I think that's what is happening to me. Firstly I don't know what 'good' crochet tension should be so I just blindly follow the recommendations. And then I also used the wrong sort of yarn.
I do remember those dresses. Yes, you had to wear another slip dress or something under it. Me, I never even attempted to wear one. 😁😁👋👋💖💖
I’ve never seen French seams done this way. I make the first seam wrong sides together, then trim by half and seam this time right sides together. Captures the seam edge inside.
top tip for marking sewing lines on floaty fabric. I made some silk boxers and it was a challenge.
The combination of the two, is really cute.🌹
I REALLY love it! ❤
I think it looks great!!!💕
Love it! Love 60s clothing.
I prefer the look of knitted garments too, although my interest in learning to crochet is for lace and amigurumi. Those bell sleeves do look fun!
Have you considered putting a magnet on your whiteboard and seeing if the metal end of your quick unpick tool will stick to it? You could put some magnetic tape on the handle or lid if it doesn't stick on it's own. Then it would be nearby but out of the way 🙂
I love hearing that I’m not the only one who has had to re do all sorts of sewing, which is why I don’t sew now. I did love it much.
I had an amazing dark blue crocheted poncho which I wore for years in the early 1970’s and proved very handy when I was pregnant. Your crocheted dress looks amazing and fits you really well. I cannot recall anyone not wearing a bra slip or a full length petticoat under a crocheted dress.
I actually love this! I don't know about the feeling obviously but I think it's so cute! Love it!
i think the dress and slip are really cool!
Love the sweater your wearing ❤
Cute! I love the color. I crocheted a light pink skirt & vest in the sixties but it was much shorter. I don't remember the problem with see through but everyone wore slips back then.
I also love to crochet. When it came to clothing, I just couldn’t. Then I found a UA-cam human who kept popping up in clothing I thought was knitting. It was not! TTDIY has the most clever designs. I still don’t love all of them, but I do like most of them! Her videos are are clear and simple to follow. If you know a bit about crochet, you can create without a written pattern. If you need written instructions, she has them available on Etsy. The best option is buying one of her collections. Make those items and you will then be able to make anything she’s made in a video. She may just change your mind about crochet clothing.
The tip of your iron looks like it has a little mouse face on it, the red light being the nose, it's absolutely adorable
We used to wear slips... very useful garments that are nearly impossible to find these days.
I think it looks lovely
I love the colour. The slip is lovely, too. Perhaps a little hat elastic around the neckline will help?
I made a crochet aeons ago and my mom recommended finer thread. I love that skirt because it is so flowy.
Yes Tiggy I remember that picture in magazine 17
I was taught to put thin tissue paper between slippery fabrics to stop it slipping it is not 100% but it does help. The tissue paper is so thin it easily tears away without damaging the stitching. I remember these dresses haha
Slips were a must up till 90's
It's gorgeous! I think I'd happily wear something like that if there were a good way to include pockets.
You could accommodate pockets in the slip and access through slits in the crochet dress. Or put on small crochet bags.
My grand-ma made that dress for me when I was 13 or 14. She changed the top to make the holes much smaller. I wore it many times
This is such a good haircut on you!